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The paper sector has criticised the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) for dealing leniently with Wastepack after it failed to comply with its obligations for packaging waste in 2001.

International Paper has reported first-quarter earnings of 44.9m ($65m), compared to a loss of 30.4m for the same period last year.

Papeteries Mougeot is to sell its carbonless paper production machine to a subsidiary of Bollor and will cease carbonless production at the end of the year.

Intelligent Print Solutions (IPS), the Tonbridge-based print management company, has completed its largest ever direct marketing job for client One 2 One as part of its rebranding as T-Mobile.

Harlands Labels has produced the first commercial application of its new Wrap and Peel label for The Body Shop.

Checkprint, the specialist cheque printer based in Hinckley, has taken on all of Software Stationery Specialists personalisation and cheque printing contracts along with seven staff.

Significant excess capacity in all St Ives main markets bar book printing almost halved the groups interim pre-tax profits before exceptional items to 16.6m.

Polestar has awarded Creo and Heidelberg the contracts to meet its group-wide move to CTP.

Jarrold Printing and the GPMU have completed talks about restructuring at the Norwich web offset firm, with 76 jobs going.

Business has more than met expectations for many exhibitors at Ipex 2002, despite a fall in visitor numbers compared with the 1998 exhibition.

The Print Factory is to move from Watford and combine operations with Northamptons Spectrum Flair, the firm it bought last month (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 1 March).

DFK, trading as Image Facilities, has gone into liquidation with debts of more than 400,000.

The BPIF has reacted cautiously to training initiatives in this weeks Budget, in which chancellor Gordon Brown said the government would provide access to training courses and support for wage costs...

Printec Asia, the all-Asia print media, publishing and converting exhibition, has been cancelled due to a "lack of support".

The BPIFs new chief executive Michael Johnson was left "with a feeling of great pride" following his first visit to Ipex.